Every fire door, with a unique digital identity.
Every door's unique QR is printed from your portal. Apply it straight to the door, or mount it on a branded plaque. Designed, printed and shipped by us.
Why tag fire doors at all?
Most portfolios rely on spreadsheets, paper logs, and email chains. Compliance evidence floats. Inspection records get attached to descriptions, not doors. That's the problem a QR plaque fixes first, long before you start comparing tag technologies.
Non-repudiable door identity
Every door gets a unique 6-character ID baked into its plaque. No more 'we think it was that door': every inspection is tied to a specific, identifiable door for the life of the building.
Evidence lives on the door
Compliance is physically attached to the fire door itself, not buried in a filing cabinet, a shared drive, or a thousand-message email thread.
Records can't be lost or faked
Every inspection is keyed to the door's unique ID. No mix-ups, no missing folders, no plausible deniability. The Golden Thread starts at the door.
Why QR over RFID or NFC?
RFID and NFC have their place. They're not the right place for fire-door identification on a multi-portfolio scale. Here's why QR wins for this job.
Any phone camera scans it
No NFC-enabled hardware required, no dedicated readers. Every phone made in the last decade can scan a QR code straight from the camera app.
Visible at distance
See it across a corridor and walk up to scan. RFID and NFC need close, often touching contact to register a read.
On-demand from the portal
Generate QR labels in the portal and print them yourself on standard Avery stock. RFID and NFC need provisioning hardware to encode each tag before deployment.
Works on any surface
Including steel fire doors and metal frames. RFID and NFC tags need expensive 'on-metal' variants to work reliably on metallic substrates.
Why ours over the other QR-based platforms?
QR is the right tech. Most platforms get the QR part right and the system around it wrong. Five things we do differently.
Self-service generation
Plaques are generated from inside your portal. No vendor lock-in for printing, no waiting for a third party to send you stock.
Plaques optional, never required
Print QR labels in-house and apply them straight to doors, or mount them on branded plaques designed and shipped by us. Same system either way.
Live public compliance page
Every scan resolves to a live, public compliance page on doortrace.co.uk. No app, no login, no registration. For anyone with a phone.
Smart routing by context
Same plaque, different behaviour. Camera scan → public page. Engineer-app scan → the inspection workflow opens straight up.
Re-printable instantly
If a plaque is damaged or lost, generate and print a replacement from the portal. The door's ID and history stay intact.
Straight to the door. Or on a plaque worth looking at.
Every QR label is printed from your portal on standard Avery stock. Where it goes next is up to you.
Self-Print
Free
Print QR labels in-house and apply them directly to your fire doors. No plaques, no orders, no lead time. Live the same day.
- Generated from inside your portal
- Any office printer, standard Avery label stock
- Re-print replacements anytime
Branded Plaques
From as little as £0.50 per plaque
Durable plaques carrying your company branding, with a dedicated space for the door's QR label. Our in-house design team works with you on the layout.
- Your logo and colours, designed with you
- Printed and shipped ready to apply
- QR label mounts into the plaque space
Co-Branded Plaques
From as little as £0.75 per plaque
Everything in Branded, plus your client's logo on each plaque. Ideal for FM companies and inspectors presenting a white-label service to their clients.
- Your branding and your client's, per building or per client
- Designed by our in-house team
- Ordered against the doors in your portfolio
One plaque per fire door.
See how the QR plaque sits inside the wider DoorTRACE platform. Book a demo or get in touch about your portfolio.